My wife bought me this mic for my birthday last year. She picked it because she thought it was the "prettiest" one :) Not to mention the fact that she knows she can trust the Hohner name. She also plays a Hohner melodica as one of her many auxiliary instruments.

I've always used my vocal mic (props to the unconquerable SM58) for my harp solos, but I was interested in trying something custom made for the harps.

I'm a Hohner Special 20's player through and through, and this mic sounds AWESOME with them. It gives a BIG, FAT sound when it's clean, and it handles FX and distortion surprisingly well, too.

My Hohner Chrometta 14 sounds great through it, too.

Go ahead and buy it. I'm glad I did.

I have been playing electric blues harp for 8 years or so, and own several bullet and shure 545 style mics. The over all tone produced by 1490 Blues Blaster exceeded my expectations as I have read mixed reviews,once I plugged this mic into any one of my 2 tube amps I had an instant smile on my face as the classic chicago tonal qualities came across clearly. Even better than my more exspensive green bullets or Shures. For the money you cant go wrong. So far there has been no loose knobs or XLR connectivity issues. The center grill bar came a little rough, perhaps a manufactoring finishing error but I fixed it with a jewelers file. Over all Im very pleased.

I've used mostly Hohner products in the last five years since I picked up ther harp, most of which has been Marine Bands and Blues Harps. But I just got this Blues Blaster mic today...and wow! I just plugged it into my old Gretsch tube amp, I don't think I've heard anything as cool as this! Takes me back to Little Walter! I'd definitely recommend it.

it worked when i got it.i also own about 7 other vintage bullets,some over 50 years old.i used the blues blaster for one 2 hour session,put it away for about 2 months,in a padded box ,which never moved,and it never worked again. it didnt sound bad,i liked the volume knob.the short life span didnt make me very happy.my advice... get a shure 545sd and a 5w tube amp,and a tube mic pre-amp.peace.

I bought mine at an instrument shop here in town, and got ripped off. I payed almost twice what musicians friend charges, just because I didn't look online first!!!

I think overall this mic is great for the musicians friend price. It is a good mic for the price, and it sounds great. The volume knob comes loose easy, but overall I think it is good quality, and its got a good look.